--- title: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Announce Birth of Baby Girl description: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend on Sunday announced the birth of their firstborn child, a daughter named Luna Simone Stephens canonical: https://time.com/4297000/chrissy-teigen-birth-john-legend-baby/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-17T16:22:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:30:09.932Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Announce Birth of Baby Girl og:description: Her name is Luna Simone Stephens og:url: https://time.com/4297000/chrissy-teigen-birth-john-legend-baby/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte28ed2dce94e6da2/69888f718e060116fc465776/chrissy-teigen-john-legend.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Celebrities At The Los Angeles Lakers Game og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Announce Birth of Baby Girl twitter:description: Her name is Luna Simone Stephens twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte28ed2dce94e6da2/69888f718e060116fc465776/chrissy-teigen-john-legend.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Announce Birth of Baby Girl  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Apr 17, 2016 4:22 PM UTC  John Legend and Chrissy Teigen attend a basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center in Los Angeles on March 10, 2016. John Legend and Chrissy Teigen attend a basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center in Los Angeles on March 10, 2016.Noel Vasquez—GC Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Apr 17, 2016 4:22 PM UTC Model [Chrissy Teigen](https://www.instagram.com/p/BETgqtxJjZL/?taken-by=chrissyteigen&hl=en) and singer John Legend on Sunday announced the birth of their firstborn child, a [daughter](http://time.com/4159701/chrissy-teigen-baby-girl-john-legend/?iid=sr-link1) named Luna Simone Stephens. The baby girl was born on Thursday, weighing in at 6 lbs. and 11 ounces, Teigen told her fans on Instagram. “She’s here! Luna Simone Stephens, we are so in love with you! And sleepy. Very sleepy,” the model wrote. Legend took to Twitter to announce the news. “Our new love is here!” he wrote. “We couldn’t be happier!” > [](https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/721709765924028416) Teigen [announced the news of her pregnancy](http://time.com/4070876/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-pregnant/?iid=sr-link1) in October on Instagram. “As many of you know, we’ve been trying to have a baby for a while now,” she wrote at the time. “It hasn’t been easy, but we kept trying because we can’t wait to bring our first child into the world and grow our family. 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